Is it permissible to display images of the deceased in the media for the sake of admonition and taking a lesson?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is the ruling on displaying images of the deceased in the media under the pretext of admonition and taking a lesson from their deaths?
The Shaykh:
So, what is its ruling?
The questioner:
What is the ruling on displaying images of the deceased?
The Shaykh:
Displaying them is forbidden, my brother. It is not permissible, neither for the deceased nor for the living. And if the intention behind this is to express grief and sorrow for them, then it is a eulogy and wailing, and it is not permissible.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is the ruling on displaying images of the deceased in the media under the pretext of admonition and taking a lesson from their deaths?
The Shaykh:
So, what is its ruling?
The questioner:
What is the ruling on displaying images of the deceased?
The Shaykh:
Displaying them is forbidden, my brother. It is not permissible, neither for the deceased nor for the living. And if the intention behind this is to express grief and sorrow for them, then it is a eulogy and wailing, and it is not permissible.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/640] هل يجوز عرض صور الموتى في وسائل الإعلام للعظة والاتعاظ؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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